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Remontada Serbia vs Saudi Arabia in Friendly International

Friendly International Tue 31/3·18:00
Serbia
2-1 FT
Saudi Arabia
  • Pavlović66'
  • Mitrović70'
  • Al-Hamdan8'
TSC Arena4,101 spectatorsReferee: Balazs Berke
Remontada
Difficulty
58

Serbia trailed by one goal, then came back to win

  1. 8'Trailed by one goal
  2. 66'Equaliser
  3. 70'Winner

Why they came back

Pressure after falling behind

From minute 8 to the final whistle: Serbia had 22 shots (9 on target), Saudi Arabia only 3.

Changes by coach V. Paunovic

Mitrović came on for Jović (57') and scored, Mimović came on for S. Erakovic (57') and assisted, Đ. Petrović came on for Rajkovic (46').

Fan predictions

Before kick-off, only 35% of fans backed Serbia to win. Almost nobody saw it coming.

The match in one curve

Ahead by one goalLevelBehind by one goal0153045607590HT8'66'70'Substitution 46'Substitution 46'Substitution 57'Substitution 57'Substitution 57'Substitution 83'Substitution 83'Substitution 89'Substitution 89'Lowest pointTurnaround
BehindLevelAheadSerbia goal Saudi Arabia goalSubstitution Red card

Who pressed more?

Each bar is 5 minutes. Above the line: Serbia chances, below: Saudi Arabia. Bar height shows how dangerous the shots were
SerbiaSaudi Arabia04590

Match story

  1. 8'

    Al-Hamdan opened the scoring for Saudi Arabia, putting Saudi Arabia ahead 1-0.

  2. 66'

    Pavlović equalised for Serbia, assisted by Terzić, to make it 1-1.

  3. 70'

    Mitrović completed the turnaround for Serbia, assisted by Mimović, putting Serbia ahead 2-1.

The match in numbers

SerbiaSaudi Arabia
59%Possession41%
2.21Chance quality (xG)1.44
23Shots3
10On target1
3Big chances2
10Corners1
517Passes368

Top players

1
PavlovićSerbia · Centre Back
8.4
2
MitrovićSerbia · Centre Forward
7.8
3
SergejSerbia · Central Midfield
7.6
Rating out of 10 based on each player's performance

Fan predictions before kick-off

Serbia 35%Draw 9%Saudi Arabia 56%
from 40,327 votes

Line-ups

Saudi Arabia4-2-3-1
6.0 Rajkovic 6.4 Terzić 8.4 Pavlović 6.6 Milenkovic 6.6 S. Erakovic 6.9 Samardžić 6.8 A. Stanković 7.2 Gacinovic 7.6 Sergej 6.9 Birma 6.6 Jović 6.7 Al Owais 6.2 Boushal 6.3 Al Mufarrij 6.6 Hamed 6.2 Abdulhamid 7.1 Aljohani 6.4 Masoud 6.2 A. Al-Alewa 6.3 Kanno 6.8 Al Sahafi M. 7.2 Al-Hamdan
Serbia4-2-3-1
Serbia coach: V. Paunovic Saudi Arabia coach: Renard

Match events

SerbiaSaudi Arabia
  1. Al-HamdanGoal
    8'
  2. KannoYellow card
    22'
  3. Al-HamdanYellow card
    25'
  4. Đ. PetrovićSubstitution · for Rajkovic
    46'
  5. StanicSubstitution · for Samardžić
    46'
  6. Al-BraikanSubstitution · for A. Al-Alewa
    46'
  7. K. Al DawsariSubstitution · for Al Mufarrij
    46'
  8. MahzariSubstitution · for Boushal
    46'
  9. KosticSubstitution · for Gacinovic
    57'
  10. MitrovićSubstitution · for Jović
    57'
  11. MimovićSubstitution · for S. Erakovic
    57'
  12. Al FarajSubstitution · for Masoud
    61'
  13. AlkhaibariSubstitution · for Al-Hamdan
    61'
  14. PavlovićGoal · assist: Terzić
    66'
  15. MitrovićGoal · assist: Mimović
    70'
  16. Al-ShehriSubstitution · for Al Sahafi M.
    72'
  17. YahyaSubstitution · for Aljohani
    72'
  18. LukicSubstitution · for Sergej
    83'
  19. PetrovicSubstitution · for A. Stanković
    83'
  20. MajrashiSubstitution · for Kanno
    84'
  21. Al JuwayrSubstitution · for Abdulhamid
    84'
  22. JoveljicSubstitution · for Birma
    89'
  23. BukinacSubstitution · for Terzić
    89'